ERNST v. SCHWARTZ

No. 53857.

445 S.W.2d 377 (1969)

Velma ERNST, Respondent, v. Henry G. SCHWARTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Koester, St. Louis, for respondent.

Norris H. Allen, Anderson, Gilbert, Wolfort, Allen & Bierman, St. Louis, for appellant.


MORGAN, Judge.

In this malpractice case, plaintiff obtained a jury verdict for $60,000. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant undertook to perform a temporal craniotomy in treatment for neuralgia (tic douloureux) of the trigeminal nerve right and to render post-operative care. From the record, this initial operation appears to have been successful. However, plaintiff contends her loss of sight in the right eye resulted from negligent post...

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